January 10, 2006
BURNABY, B.C. - Info Touch Technologies Corp. announced in a news release an agreement that enables Cingular Wireless LLC customers to make real-time bill payments with cash at Info Touch's TIO branded self-service automated terminals in the United States. Cingular Wireless LLC, a joint venture between AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., is the largest wireless carrier in the United States.
This agreement enables Cingular customers to check their balance due and make real-time cash payments on their accounts at hundreds of automated cash-accepting kiosk terminals located in convenient retail locations across the United States.
The bill-payment application developed by Info Touch and Cingular will be able to support most of Cingular's subscribers at any participating TIO location by June 2006, with the remaining subscribers to be enabled by mid-2007.
[Editor's note: Info Touch Technologies became Tio Networks in April 2006.]